Fastener installation and fastener member for the same



Jan. E, 194-0 'r. w. WALLSCHLAEGER FASTENER INSTALLATION AND FASTENER MEMBER FOR THE SAME W 0W3 m Filed April 8, 1937 Patented Jan- 16,1940.

PATENT OFFICE FASTENER' INSTALLATION AND FASTENER MEMBER son THE SAME Theodore Wallschlaeger, Chicago, 111., assignor to Cinch Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago,

111., a corporation :of Illinois Application April 8, 1937, Serial No. 135,700

2 Claims. This invention relates to fastener members for securing a cap device to a supporting part and installations of the same.

, Referring to the drawing, in which I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved fastener installation comprising a supporting means carrying a fuse clip assembly and a protective cap my improved fastener member; a

shown in Fig. 1; FFigZ. 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 of 1g. l i Fig. 4 is a top View of my installation, the protective cap device having beenremoved;

Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, a fuse clip being omitted;

Fig.6 is a top plan view of my fastener member per se; Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the fastener member shown in Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is a side view of the fastener member shown inFigs. 6 and '7. i

Referring to my preferred installation, as shown in Figs. .15 of the drawing, I have shown a supporting part i which is preferably of insulating'rnaterial and adapted to carry a pair of fuseclips i (Fig. 4). The supporting part i is securedto a metal plate 3 by any suitable means such as the rivets. i. The metalplate 3 has an.

aperture li which issuperposed above a portion of the supporting part I carrying. the fuse clips 2 (Fig. 4) The fuse clips 2., which form no part of my present invention, are securedto the support 5 in spaced relation one to another and provide spring arm portions extending abovea surface of the support I and adapted to receive opposed shoulders adapted to engage material adjacent in a cap device 6 for securing thecap to the supporting parts. The cap device 6 is adapted to act as a shield for protecting the fuse member (not shown) when the last-mentioned "part is in assembly with the clips 2, as will be understood by those skilled in the art. My improved fastener member is constructed so as to detachably secured to the support by means of Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the. installation cooperate withthecap device 6 in such a manner that the cap device may be readily attached and detached from the support so as to permit quick and easy access to the fuse member for purposes I such as inspecting or replacing the same. though I have illustrated my fastener member used in connection with a fuse clip assembly, it isunderstood that I do not wish to belimited by this particular installation as my. fastener memher is equilly. adapted to other installations in which it is useful to secure a cap device to a supporting part.

Referring to my preferred protective cap device 6, I have shown an elongated substantially cupshaped part having an end face i and anan'nular wall 8 extending from the face i. Freeends of the annular wall 8 adjacent the open end of the cap device are adapted to abut a surface of another part, which, in my preferred installation, is the supporting part 3, but which may be that part to which the fastener member is attached. An indentation 9 is provided in opposite longitudinal sides of the annular wall 8, in my preferred form, adjacent the end face 1. Each of the indentations 9 is formed so as to provide a shelf portion l (Figs. '2 and 3) which extends inwardly from the annular wall 8 insubstantially perpendicular relation thereto and which, in my pre-- ferred formpis disposed in substantially parallel relationwith the plane of the support I. Each of the shelves H! has an aperture ll therein for receiving stud portions of my fastener member in a manner to be described. Referring now to the specific form of fastener illustrated, Ihave shown one which is made from a single piece of sheet metal having a base portion 12. The base portion I? has an elongated. aperture It therein adapted to "receive attaching means such as a tubular rivet M (Fig. which extends through the aperturelt of the base I2 and an aperture H5 in the support i for securing the fastener member to the support. Adjacent opposed ends of the aperture I31 have provided integral lugs l 6 extending downwardlyout of the plane of the base [2 and adapted to enter into apertures l l in the support I (Fig. 5) for preventing rotation of the fastener member relative to the support I after the fastener has been secured thereto. As a means for securing the cap device It to the support I have provided a snap fastener angle from the base l2 (Fig. 8) so that they may have a scissors-like action when engaged with or disengaged from material adjacent the apertures ll of the cap device. In order to secure maximum resiliency for the operation of the socketengaging portions |8I8 of each pair, I have provided apertures IS in the base l2 (Figs. 5, 6 and '7) permitting a twisting action of those portions of the base I2 with which the socket-engaging portions l8-l8 are connected. 1 Outer edges of the portions Iii-i8 are shaped to converge relative to each other at points intermediate the base l2 and the outer free ends. of theattach-z ing portions and then diverge at theirfree ends thereby providing shoulder means 2i! (Figs. 1 and for holding the attachingportionsin engageement with the cap device 6 in the manner most clearly shown in 3. Relatively slender prong portions 2! are preferably provided at the outer most free ends of the attaching portions 88 adjacent diverging edges thereof and adapted to be squeezed together by a suitable. tool .(not shown) for moving the attaching portions fit-.418 of each pair toward eachlother to permit detachment of the caps from thelsu'pport; v H

Attachment of'the parts of my installation is a relatively simplenmatterr andvis carried out by first'securing the fastener member to the supportingpart by. a .means [such as. hereinaboveldescribed. Nextthe cap device isl'moved toward the fastener so that the shoulders 20 of-the attaching portions extend through the apertures lief the cap and engage the materialof the cap adjacent the apertures on an oppositeside of the shelfifrom thesupport I, as most clearlyfshown in FigsLZ and 3. The freeedgesof the annular'yrall 8 of the cap engage,theoutersurface oftheplate 3 so as to shield completely the fuse clip assembly. Through re asonof theffactth'atthe shelf .lEl of the cap device is disposed below the plane of the end face I, thejfree ends of the attaching portions l8 do not extend beyond the plane of the end face with the result that the cap presents a substantially smooth and uninterrupted end surface. To detach the cap fromassembly with thesupport, the prong portions 2 1-2 l of eachpair of attachingportions are squeezed togetherloy a. suitable tool whereby the shoulders 2ilzil;of, eacli;pair are moved toward each other and out of engagement with the material of .the cap adjacent the apertures H. The cap device may nowbe slipped easily over the -free, ends of the attaching-portions. It is understood thatI do not wish to be limited by the indented form of cap device illustratedand described-because itisapparent that the indentations are provided chiefly, for the purpose of improving the neatness ofthe cap device and are not essential to proper mechanical cooperation between a fastener member, such .as that hereinabove set forth and ot her forms ofapertured cover devices or the like parts.

As a resultofmy nvention. Ihave provided a separable protectivecap installation of relatively simple construction which maybe a fuse housing,

as described, or other suitable device for a similar purpose. The parts of my installation are inexpensively manufactured and capable of being easily put together so as to provide a neat and compact assembly.

Although I have illustrated and described a preferred form of my invention, I do not wish to be limited thereby because the scope of my invention isbest set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A fastener installation'of the class described comprising a supporting part, a cup-shaped part adapted to be secured to said support and having a back portion and side and end flanges connected thereto, at least two of said flanges being formed with an inwardly extending apertured shelf portion providing recesses in the outer wall adjacent the hack portion communicating with theinterior. of the cup-shaped part by an aperture in the shelf, and a snap fastener member havinga base portion secured to said supporting partand formed at opposite ends with apair of resilient attaching portions extending therefrom in substantially perpendicular relation, thereto. each pair .of, attaching portions. being provided with a shoulderportion and outwardly tapering end whereby when the cup-shaped part is placed. upon the support, the outwardly tapering ends of the attaching portion may be passed through the apertures of said shell? portion and the shelf portion snapped under the shoulder portion of said attaching portions to replaceably hold the cupsh'aped part to the support with the base and attachin portion of the fastener, except the tapering head'ends, confined within the cup-shapedl part. 1 F, 1 '2. A fastener installation of the class described comprising a supporting part, a cup-shaped part adapted to be securedto said support and having a back portion and side and end flanges connected thereto, at least two of said flanges being formed. with an inwardly extending apertured shelf portion providing recesses in the outer wall adjacent the back portion communicating with the interior 7 of the cup-shaped part by an aperture in the shelf, and a snap-fastener member having a base portion provided with integraljmeans for attaching it to said supporting part and formed at opposite ends with a pair of resilient attaching portions extending therefrom in suhstantially erpendicular relation thereto, each pair of attaching pormonster-mg provided with a shoulder portion and outwardly tapering end whereby when the cupshaped partis placed upon the support, the outwardly tapering ends of the attaching portion maybe passed through the apertures of said shelf portion and the shelf portion snapped under the shoulder portion of said attaching portions to replaceablyhold the cup-shaped part to the sup- 1 portfwith thebase and attaching portion of the fastener exeept the tapering head ends,.con-

' fined within the cup-shaped part.

THEODORE W. WALLSCHLAEGER. 

